A man has fallen from the top of JP Morgan’s Asia headquarters, becoming the latest in a series of apparent suicides among finance workers.

JP Morgan is the main tenant of Chater House, an office building in the centre of Hong Kong’s financial district

The man, aged 33 and surnamed Li, is a junior-level employee in middle office operations, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Hong Kong Police said that Li fell from the roof of Chater House, a 30-story building in the centre of Hong Kong’s financial district. He was taken to hospital unconscious but was later pronounced dead.

A JP Morgan spokeswoman said: "A sad and tragic incident occurred in Chater House, Hong Kong today that is currently being investigated by the police. Out of respect for those involved we cannot yet comment further. Our thoughts are with the family at this difficult time."

JP Morgan is the main tenant of Chater House, occupying 10 office floors of the building which it uses as its regional headquarters.

A spokeswoman for the Hong Kong police said: “A man fell from height at 2:08 in the afternoon and fell on the ground. He was sent to hospital in an unconscious state and certified dead in hospital.”

The police report stated that the incident is not being treated as suspicious.

The latest death follows exactly three weeks to the day after Gabriel Magee, a vice president JP Morgan’s corporate and investment bank technology division, jumped to his death from the bank’s skyscraper in Canary Wharf, landing on the ninth floor.

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